by James Ritch | Jan 27, 2021 | Obituaries
Mr. William “Bill” Henry Johnson Jr., 91, of Bradenton, Fla., passed away peacefully Jan. 20, 2021. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Helen; two children, William Johnson, of New York, N.Y., and Kathy Sundberg (Andrew), of St. Pete Beach, Fla. (formerly of...
by James Ritch | Jan 27, 2021 | Obituaries
Mr. Kearn Charles Schemm Jr., of Cape Charles, passed away on Jan. 20, 2021, at the age of 72, another soul lost to cancer. Kearn was born June 22, 1948, the third child of Catharine (Gilbert) and Kearn Schemm Sr. He passed his happy childhood in Nutley, N.J., and...
by James Ritch | Jan 27, 2021 | Obituaries
Mr. Richard Louis Norton Sr., 74, husband of Ruth Ann Squires Norton and a resident of Melfa, formerly of Eastport, passed away Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, at Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News. A native of Southampton, N.Y., he was the son of the late James...
by James Ritch | Jan 26, 2021 | Obituaries
Mrs. Geraldine Brown Brinn, 89, wife of the late Ronald Lee Brinn and a resident of Parksley, passed away at her home Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Born Oct. 11, 1931, in Tylerton, Md., she was the daughter of the late Carroll Benjamin Brown and the late Alma Franklin...
by James Ritch | Jan 24, 2021 | Opinion
Dear Editor: There will no doubt be much commentary about the Jan. 6 events in D.C. These events should not come as a total surprise. This country has a long vein of bigotry that bubbles up to the surface periodically going back at least to the Know-Nothing movement...
